dister

English

Etymology

From Latin dis- + terra (“earth, country”); compare Spanish and Portuguese desterrar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Verb

dister (third-person singular simple present disters, present participle disterring, simple past and past participle disterred)

1. (obsolete) To banish or drive from a country.
   • March 1 1621, James Howell, letter to Dr. Francis Mansel

     many thousands were disterred and banished hence to Barbary

References

“dister”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Stride, direst, disert, driest, drites, redist, ridest, stride